A HELPING HAND

Hand of Fatima, Hamsa, Khamsah, Hand of Miriam by Leah Snyder.

Hamsa, Khamsah, Hand of Myriam as well as the Hand of Fatima.

Regardless of her name her hand joins three religions in the symbolic quest to push away the evil eye and attract luck. I lost my Moroccan ‘Hand of Fatima’ and was thinking the other day I need to get me one when I saw one on the neck of some hairdresser and then on twitter by a jewellery designer, Ayala Raiter.

Images below from studio of artist Nava Waxman.

Hand of Fatima, Hamsa, Khamsah, Hand of Miriam by Leah Snyder.

Hand of Fatima, Hamsa, Khamsah, Hand of Miriam by Leah Snyder.

Encaustic painting by Nava Waxman. Photography by Leah Snyder.

Images of an encaustic piece by Nava Waxman along with wood busts from a Nairobi market and
a vintage kimono. Hand of Fatima incorporated into the encaustic piece lower right corner.

Encaustic painting by Nava Waxman. Photography by Leah Snyder.

Encaustic painting by Nava Waxman. Photography by Leah Snyder.

See more of Nava’s exquisite encaustic collages.

See More of Ayala’s mystical jewellery.

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2 Comments

  1. Nava
    Posted October 9, 2011 at 6:21 am | Permalink

    Thank you, it warmed my heart:)

  2. admin
    Posted October 11, 2011 at 2:27 am | Permalink

    Nava back at you :) Everyone I overheard at the Engine show was so in love with your work! Let’s do coffee sometime soon.

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